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COVID-19

Efforts to limit the effects of Omicron on seafarers must be scaled up, UN agencies say

Access to vaccines, COVID tests, health documents and personal protective equipment (PPE) must be improved, say ILO, IMO, UNCTAD and WHO.

COVID-19

Joint statement urging continued collaboration to address the crew change crisis, safeguard seafarer health and safety, and avoid supply...

Kenya ratifies key international labour standards for fishers and seafarers

The Government of Kenya has ratified two international labour standards that will promote decent work for the country’s seafarers and fishers. It has also submitted notification of acceptance of amendments to a third, already ratified, maritime...

Statement of the Officers of the Special Tripartite Committee: the continuing negative impact of the pandemic on seafarers’ rights

Special Tripartite Committee of the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006, as amended (MLC, 2006)

Occupational safety and health

Seafarers desperately need prompt access to medical care say ILO and International Maritime Organization

With hundreds of thousands of seafarers unable to disembark due to COVID-19 restrictions, a joint statement issued by the two organizations says the issue of medical care for seafarers is ‘a matter of life or death’.

COVID-19

Joint IMO/ILO statement on upholding medical assistance obligations to seafarers and accelerating seafarer vaccination programmes

The heads of the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the International Maritime Organization (IMO) have issued a joint statement calling for port and coastal States to allow seafarers to receive medical care.

International Labour Standards

Antigua and Barbuda ratifies nine ILO instruments

Skills development

ILO, UK and Indonesia team up to build highly skilled and globally competitive maritime workforce

New partnerships will have a critical bearing on Indonesia’s maritime industry, says coordinating minister for maritime affairs and investment.

Maritime Labour Convention, 2006

Ukraine on the way to join ILO’s Seafarer’s Bill of Rights

Ukraine is among the top four countries supplying maritime workers on ships around the globe. Last week, the Ukrainian government made an important step towards ratifying the ILO flagship Convention guaranteeing minimum working standards for all...

Navigating a steady lifeline between communities

Cindy Alsop– Captain, Lake Champlain Ferry, Grand Isle, VT

Maritime Labour Convention

Mozambique ratifies the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006, as amended (MLC, 2006)

Mozambique became the 98th Member State of the ILO to ratify the Convention.

Convention No. 184 and Convention No. 185

Iraq ratifies agriculture and seafarers Conventions

Fourth Meeting of the Special Tripartite Committee of the Maritime Labour Convention

The ILO calls for full respect of seafarers’ rights and for the vaccination of seafarers

Seafarers need COVID-19 vaccinations, wherever they are, to avoid delays and disruption in supply chains.

COVID-19 and maritime and air transport

Seafarers and aircrew need priority COVID-19 vaccination

UN organizations issue joint call for seafarers and aircrew to be prioritized for COVID-19 vaccination.

Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations (CEACR)

Q&A with Corinne Vargha on the launch of the 2021 CEACR Report

The Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations (CEACR) is one of the key elements of the ILO’s supervisory system for International Labour Standards. It is an independent body composed of 20 high-level legal experts,...

MLC, 2006, as amended

Enhanced protection for seafarers affected by acts of piracy and armed robbery against ships

Joint Statement on prioritization of COVID-19 vaccination for seafarers and aircrew (25 March 2021)

Statement of the Officers of the STC on the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) regarding increased collaboration between shipowners and...

Special Tripartite Committee of the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006, as amended

Maritime Labour Convention

ILO Governing Body calls for urgent action on seafarer COVID-19 crisis

Its resolution addresses the plight of hundreds of thousands of seafarers who have been trapped at sea for as many as 17 months or longer because of pandemic restrictions.

Mastering the skills that propel globalization

Patrick Zimmer – Director, Maritime Academy, Texas A&M University